Category: Sculptor

Her witty and glamorous ladies are at home in most settings they take a light hearted view of the world, exploring how in our image conscious world we wear sunglasses, go bare footed, teeter on impossible heels, and carry expensive handbags all for others to take note of.   

Sara has undertaken numerous private and corporate commissions examples include Mayflower’s Edward Winslow stepping ashore on to Plymouth Rock for Droitwich Council, OAG The Airline of the Year Award and Diving with Dolphins for the Nordic Swimming Federation. 

Sara exhibits her tall leggy ladies in various galleries and garden exhibitions  and her work is found in many art collections both here and abroad.

This year Sara has been invited to exhibit at the XIV Florence Biennale from the 14th to the 23rd of October.

As CEO of the London-based Global Arts Productions Michael Haggiag was an award-winning
film and television producer with a background in the visual arts when he retired from
production in 2014 and turned to art and photography full time. As early as the 1970s he had
worked as editorial director of Aurum Press, a leading photographic publisher of the time,
and honed his visual skills by editing such iconic photographers as Frank Horvat, David Bailey,
Helmut Newton, and Eliot Porter. However, embarking on his own career later in life, he has
taken a very different path, exploring the expressive possibilities of abstract photography, and
its relationship to art in general. He has also experimented with large wall mounted collages
and most recently with free standing installations. FLOATING CUBE represents one of the first
full-scale outdoor pieces, destined for an outdoor public space or garden.

2015/2016 
Solo Exhibition CLOSE UP I 29 August –18 September: Il Exhibitions
2017 Solo Exhibition THE ROAD TAKEN: 18 November – 31 December Freight & Volume Gallery
NYC
2018 Roche Babois Exhibit at Art Basel Miami: December 2018
2019 Exhibit with Window Display: 14 August – 28 August 2019 Galleria Ca’D’Oro, NYC
2020 New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA): March 2020 Exhibition and Video Auction Sale
2020 135 Palm, International Designer Rita Chaibi, Miami Beach, FLA May 2020.

Jamie Hart, graduate of Bath Academy, sculptor produces hand crafted pieces at his Dorset studio. Driven by a profound desire to capture the intricacies and nuances of the human condition, Jamie’s sculptures offer a thoughtful exploration of the complexities of our existence. Whether taking inspiration from reality or the realm of imagination, his pieces are imbued with a profound sense of depth and emotion. Adhering to a stringent set of artistic constraints, Jamie adeptly creates works that are both visually striking and conceptually profound. Bold and unapologetic, Jamie Hart’s sculptures are a testament to the enduring power of the human spirit. Drawing inspiration from the local environment. His work reflects his devotion to sustainability and his deep appreciation for the beauty of nature. For years, he has diligently collected roots and waste hard wood, with the intention of transforming them into heartfelt sculptures. Allowing the natural characteristics of the wood to guide his designs, resulting in strikingly simple forms that emanate strength and boldness. Through his sculptures, Jamie aims to showcase the raw beauty of his chosen medium, inviting viewers to reconnect with the natural world.

artist bio:

About Alex R T Davies MRSS 

Alex R T Davies, member of Royal Society of Sculptors, has been making sculpture and other objects, mostly in metal, for the last 30 years. During this time he has exhibited his sculptures in a number of exhibitions, galleries, art fairs and sculpture gardens. 

Alex’s work has recently featured goats as an inspiration and starting point. ‘The significance of using a goat in my sculpture relates to the historical use of goats in imagery and art, as gods, devils and a symbol of endurance. As an animal it lives and survives in so many different environments and has adapted to survive from deserts to mountains and much more’.

After leaving art college in the early 90’s, he set up an artist blacksmith business (Red Forge) making and designing commissioned sculpture, furniture and architectural iron work. By the end of the 90’s he had started working in bronze, casting for many well known artists, owning and managing foundries in Corsham, London and Essex. In 2008 he moved back to Surrey to further establish his own Fine Art Foundry, Milwyn Casting Ltd, which is based in West Molesey, Surrey. 

Recent highlights as an artist have been, having two sculptures, Party Animal and The Kiss, selected for the Kingston Sculpture trail.  ‘Party Animal’ won the public vote out of 7 sculptures, with over 50% of the vote, for most popular sculpture on the trail and is now a permanent public art work in the Market square Kingston. Also the 10 Gram Challenge, devised and produced by Alex, a response to the first coronavirus lockdown. He invited Members of the Royal Society of Sculptors to make sculptures using 10 grams of provided wax, which he then lost-wax cast into bronze. Over 200 sculptors were involved with the results exhibited at Dora House (home of the RSS). Another recent highlight was being shortlisted to produce a live sculpture for the UK Pavilion at Expo 2020 Dubai. 

ABOUT JANE SHAW

Her love of sculpture began when she grew up in Gloucestershire and she was very fortunate to have a great sculpture teacher at school, who saved her from the hot-house of academia and has been a great inspiration even to this day!  After completing a degree in History of Art at Manchester University, Jane spent her early career with a London firm of Fine Art Valuers and Consultants travelling and living abroad before returning to London to set up and run a recruitment company, which she then sold after a decade.

On moving to Dorset in 2013, she revived her love for sculpture inspired by her life long interest in wildlife, and the outdoors.  Jane is passionate about capturing the overall emotion and movement of animals and wildlife in her in her work.  Her focus is to portray the character and emotion of each individual animal by using fluid, spontaneous and strong gestural strokes in any material she uses.  Jane does not shy away from the ugly –  as she says: ‘Ugly is beautiful’ and can create a statement of feeling through any subject she chooses, whether wildlife, domestic animals, equestrian or figurative.   Often working directly from life, she produces bronzes for both inside the home as well as garden pieces on a larger scale.

Jane’s total passion for her work, has led her to win several sculpture awards, and continues with her own sculpture projects alongside commissions,  mainly focusing on wildlife and animals.  She exhibits in London and nationally and welcomes visits to the studio and her garden in Dorset where she has a permanent display of her outside work.

Her message to herself : ‘I must never tire from looking, observing and learning’.

Stacey Beaumont

Stacey explores the transitional effect of light through glass, studying the changing natural rhythms that surround us to capture an energy which transforms installations into works that are dynamic and responsive to their environments.

She primarily uses reclaimed Delabole slate to create texture, form and structure for her sculptures. Beach-combing the Cornish coast provides Stacey more than just inspiration, and found objects often bring their own stories and character to pieces. 

Glass is hand-selected from specialist and artisan suppliers with each new project in mind.  Her works are truly unique and cannot be exactly replicated or cast due to the materials and creative processes she employs.

Stacey is strongly influenced by the stunning natural environment surrounding her workshop on the north Cornish coast, as well as her childhood in Africa and travels since.

Régis Chaperon started working in stone at seventeen. After ten years of of training in France, his natural sensitivity for form led him to Carrara, as an assistant for other artists, where he started creating his first sculptures and later to the University of Valencia, where he became engaged with contemporary concepts of art. His sculptures are now in public spaces and private collections in England, France, Spain, Germany, Italy, Bermudas islands and Australia. He has also become involved with urban and interior design, bringing together his artistic vision and his technical knowledge of working with stone.

Combining the ancient art of Japanese paper folding with the immutable nature of stone, Régis brings beauty and an unexpected twist to the folds of his elegant sculptures. Using pure and simple lines, the stone appears to have been carefully creased and bent, transformed into intricate expressions of reality. By continually exploring the geometric constraints within his work, Régis injects an utterly modern approach to stone sculpting with this unusual marriage of origami and stone. Origami is a universal language that everybody understands and is  connecting with everyone since our childhood, when we were folding paper planes.

Ellie uses the traditional method of leaded stained glass to create contemporary and
stunning art for outdoor spaces. She works in collaboration with an artist/blacksmith friend
and her local forge who make the bespoke steel frames for her.
She hand crafts her sculptures using traditional techniques, incorporating exquisite textured
and beautiful coloured glass, giving a quality of depth and life as the weather, the seasons
and the light change.
Ellie is inspired by nature and the natural shapes and forms found within the botanical
world. She loves the contradiction of working with brittle material like glass, to create soft,
curvaceous natural forms. Every step in the creative process brings Ellie a sense of joy and
positive well-being.
Her art draws in the observer, instilling a sense of calm contemplation as the sculptures
nestle in harmony with nature.
Ellie has successfully exhibited her work in many prestigious gardens throughout Sussex
including Borde Hill Gardens, One Garden, The Sussex Prairie Gardens and as a member of
the Surrey Sculpture Society, will be in some exciting locations for the first time in 2023.

Michael studied Fine Art Sculpture at Cardiff UWIC,
graduating in 1996. Having spent a number of years
working with young people Michael has now re-
established his practice as an artist.
Michael’s sculptures often portray the human form in a
playful way, exploring scale and the ordinary. His work
evokes and captures a feeling or moment, suggesting at
the life within. Michael has worked to commission
creating larger site specific work and also creates work
from his studio in the Forest of Dean.